AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
ACTION ALERT
P.O. Box 1048
149 Summit Drive Franklin, PA 16323
Phone: 1.814.271.9078
FAX: 1.814.432.0931
http://www.afaofpa.org
AFA of PA ACTION ALERT
September 27, 2005
Pornography Awareness Week is October 30 through November 6
Yesterday the AFA of PA faxed a request to Governor Ed Rendell’s office asking him to proclaim October 30-November 6, 2005 as Pornography Awareness Week (PAW) here in Pennsylvania. He needs to hear from others requesting that he issue this proclamation.
Why not request that your County Commissioners or local elected officials proclaim that week as Pornography Awareness Week? It may just take one or two people approaching them via phone to successfully get a proclamation issued!
Below is the suggested wording of two PAW proclamations – these are the ones that the Governor received yesterday.
(Proclamation # 1) SUGGESTED WORDING FOR PORNOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK PROCLAMATION:
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that obscenity is not protected speech under the First Amendment;
WHEREAS, the sanctity of American homes has been invaded by porn magazines, video porn, dial-a-porn, cable porn, radio porn, and computer porn;
WHEREAS, pornography inflicts tremendous suffering and damage to individuals, families, children, business districts, communities and our nation;
WHEREAS, in this era of escalating violence, pornography features and promotes sadomasochism, rape and incest;
WHEREAS, children are increasingly sexually molesting other children in imitation of what they've seen;
WHEREAS, there are state and federal anti-obscenity laws on the books to protect public safety, public morality and public health;
WHEREAS, the obscenity laws are uniquely grounded in community standards;
WHEREAS, millions of Americans throughout this great nation will be observing Pornography Awareness Week in many different ways; Now therefore, I __________________________ of ____________________ do hereby proclaim the week of October 30-November 6, 2005 as Pornography Awareness Week in ___________________..
(Proclamation # 2) ANOTHER SUGGESTION FOR WORDING OF PROCLAMATION:
WHEREAS, I urge all residents of the ___________ of _____________________ to join the battle against pornography since pornography degrades and dehumanizes our fellow human beings and hold no place in a decent society; and
WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled that obscenity is not protected as free speech, and since the _____________of _____________________ is committed to enforcing laws against hard-core pornography; and
WHEREAS, we, as parents and leaders, have an important obligation to keep pornography out of the hands of our children; and I would urge all parents to carefully supervise their children's access to television, movies, and the Internet; and
WHEREAS, if we are united and involved, we can help protect our most precious resource -- our children;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, that I (we) ________________________, Of the ___________ of ________________________, do hereby proclaim October 30 through November 6, 2005, Pornography Awareness Week in the _____________ of _______________________ and would urge the local communities to join us in sending a clear message that pornography is not welcomed in our area.
ACTION NEEDED:
1.) Contact Governor Ed Rendell and ask him to issue a proclamation declaring the week of October 30 through November 6, 2005 as Pornography Awareness Week here in Pennsylvania. Contact info is as follows: Phone -- 717.787.2500 FAX 717.772.8284 E-mail using the form at <http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/govmail.html>
2.) Contact your County Commissioners or City Council, Borough Council or Township Supervisors about issuing a PAW proclamation. Provide them with the suggested wording above.
3.) Sign our online petition <http://www.afaofpa.org/sign_online2.htm> to Protect Traditional Marriage and encourage our legislators to allow Pennsylvanians to vote on a marriage amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Click to Download Petition <http://www.afaofpa.org/Revised Petition for State Marriage Amendment 8.05.pdf>. You will need the free Adobe Reader <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html> to access the petition.
4.) Feel free to forward this alert to other concerned Pennsylvanians. If this alert is being forwarded to you by a friend, please feel free to sign up by sending an e-mail to info@afaofpa.org
5.) Please consider supporting the ongoing work of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania. Make an online donation <http://www.afaofpa.org/donation.html>.
In His service,
Diane Gramley
President
American Family Association of PA
AFA of PA encourages Christians, through education, to become involved in pro-family issues in their community, state and the nation.
Vice Chairman of Voter Education
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